Bill Seeks National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coins

Earlier this month, Rep. Sean Maloney of New York introduced a bill which seeks to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.

The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded or killed while serving. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, which first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, recognizes more than 1.7 million service members wounded or killed in action from the Revolutionary War to the present day. The Hall is located at the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site in New York, where General George Washington first awarded the Bade of Military Merit, a piece of purple cloth that became the model for the Purple Heart.

The bill H.R. 358 calls for the issuance of up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 silver dollars, and 750,000 clad half dollars with designs emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. The final designs would be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

The coins would be issued in proof and uncirculated qualities. The bill provides that only the West Point Mint may be used to strike the coins issued under the Act. Furthermore, the coins may only be issued during the one year period beginning on January 1, 2017.

Surcharges of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver dollar, and $5 per half dollar will be added to the cost of each coin. These surcharges would be distributable to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the construction of a new building and renovation of existing National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.

Currently, the bill has no cosponsors and has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. In order to become law, the bill must be passed in the House and Senate, then signed by the President.

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members of Congress have more urgent business to attend to. but having a coin issued that you sponsored must be a big deal… no demeaning those who earned this honor, but the medal itself is the real treasure… those families who had a loved one who received one may want the coin, but really, how can the coin add anything to the honor?
… another commem nobody wants…

foxman69, I have no clue what should be more important to our lazy congress than someone who took a bullet for their freedom and the fact that after 5 years they get to retire. All because that these brave people fought to protect their worthless freedom to do nothing for 365 days a year. All they have to do is enforce the laws already in place something that they CAN’T DO.

jess…. point well taken…. in fact, it just might be that members of Congress (and many Americans ) aren’t as appreciative as they should be… we just can’t be sure what their motive really is… regardless, I wouldn’t look for the coins to be a blowout, but I certainly could be wrong…. if you are a vet, thank you!

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